Streets of Stone Town ~ Zanzibar ~ Tanzania

 

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Tower in Stone Town

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A typical street in Stone Town, complete with a maze of wires

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Decorative manhole covers!

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Tunnel under a building

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Stone Town alley

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This is actually a main traffic route through Stone Town

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Gate leading to an abandoned building on the waterfront

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Stone Town gate and roundabout on the way to our hotel area

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We thought it best to walk rather quickly past this building…

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Waiting for the bus

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Another walkway in the maze of Stone Town

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These carts are used to transport everything, in this case unfortunately a shark to the market.

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A reminder of the cruelty of humans

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Statues in the former slave market

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Statue detail

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Let’s just say that I avoided public toilets….

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Stick rakes for the courtyard

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Ancient graves with unmarked stones

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Flame tree or Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) flowers

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Poor ears…

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Friendly spayed cat with an ear tip at a seafront restaurant

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Bow of a traditional wooden fishing boat

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Fishing boats

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Interior ribs of a traditional fishing boat

 

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